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The road to a new normal is a race won with perseverance and prayer, not speed . The one who finds the spiritual discipline to realize that he or she cannot do this on their own is the one who will find the strength of the one who is, who was, and who will be. In letting go and trusting our Creator to be our dragonslayer we will overcome what seems unsurmountable. In plain english, when we are weak, our Creator’s strength can be made visible. Turtle on my fellow travelers! 7/25/21
It seems that I remember
I dreamed a thousand dreams
We'd face the days together
No matter what they'd bring
A strength inside like I'd never known
Opened the door to life and let it go
This sun may shine forever
Upon the back of love
A kingdom raised from ashes
And held within your arms
And should the rain break through the trees
We'll find a shelter there and never leave
I'll run to you, nothing stands between us now
Nothing I can lose
This light inside can never die
Another world just made for two
I'll swim the seas inside with you
And like the waves, without a sound
I'll never let you down
Upon a wave of summer
A hilltop paved with gold
We shut our eyes and made
The promises we hold
A will to guide and see us through
I'd do it all again because of you
I'd tear my very soul to make you mine
From Gone To Earth.
David Sylvian.
Vista al suroeste desde la cumbre.
Santuario del Cañi, Región de la Araucania.
Seems this Spider has created a trail of corpse meals all lined up for when needed. Very nice spiral web indeed !
Pushing on that trigger is like pulling magic into my very soul...Darrell.
Have a safe and beautiful last day of July 2025 dearest flickr friends.
Thank you to everyone for your visits to my photo-stream....very much appreciated.
Really struggled to think of something original and different for this theme on Crazy Tuesday. I tried a few different ideas but none of them seemed to work, especially not to my satisfaction.
Gave up for a while and decided, mid-afternoon to boil an egg as a snack as feeling a bit peckish and whilst the water was boiling away, the thought struck me that maybe there might be a suitable ‘motion blur’ shot in the pan, not just the egg!
I took some shots and, lo and behold I arrived at some images that might prove suitable, I thought. I chose this one and after a little cropping decided that it was different and in my mind, quite original. The water surface appears smoothed out, adopting an oily look and getting rid of the individual bubbles, small and big. In my mind it looks a bit like transparent lava in the mouth of a volcanic crater! I know, I have a weird brain!
See what you think!
Despite being so common in my area, these little beetles always seem to catch my eye. They're surprisingly kinda cute too
masked chafer
Cyclocephala longula
Already seems so long ago. This was at the border of Norway and Russia.
Still on holiday but getting a little more time.
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These three Rainbow Lorikeets seemed to be having quite a discussion. It looked like the one on the lower right was being told to make itself scarce.
It seemed that every prairie sunflower at Hayden Prairie had a Forbe's tree cricket on it today. They were busy feeding on the sunflower pollen. These beautiful tree crickets show a lot of black color on their pale green bodies. Found in grassland habitats, they have lovely songs in the late afternoon now.
Those little birds just have no fear. The little kingbird, Cassin's I think, buzzed this regal bald eagle a bunch of times while I watched. In fact, it seemed in a few of my frames to be dancing in the eagle's face. The eagle outlasted both of us though, and I moved on. Check it Large!
This monochrome photo captures a breathtaking view of lush vegetation and fields that seem to stretch on endlessly. The small mountains in the distance are visible under the weight of the clouds, adding depth to the scene. The photo evokes a sense of awe and wonder at the beauty of nature.
Even when life seems hard, always try to greet the sun with a smile.
I will not lie, I beamed when I saw that Kae was opening IASWAS, or' It All Starts With A Smile' again. If you are someone who has the patience to read through my blogrambles here, you will know that I enjoy finding pretty and inspiring places to sit, and take pictures as well as letting my imagination wander. I spent much time soaking up the wintery atmosphere in one of IASWAS's previous incarnations, letting it flow into pictures and writing.
When I made it over to the SIM to explore I wasn't disappointed. In fact, there was too much for me to see on just one visit. I was pleased to see advertisements there for music. A new thing is that there are rentals there too... what beautiful surroundings. They seem to be all taken at the moment though, if any of you were interested.
If ever you needed an extra reason to visit, they have a photographic competition running now too, with some excellent prizes Details here!
When it's blowing a gale and still snowing, shovelling just seems utterly pointless. Main St., Winnipeg, Canada.
Happy New Year everyone, best wishes.
Up on Castle Crag I chose to walk this path, unfortunately it seemed to fade away leaving me walking along a very narrow track with a big drop.. I turned back.
Busy trying to update my PC with a new SSD in hope of speeding it up.. fingers crossed :-)
Always adore the implied motion in trees, this beech seems to be throwing some moves to a tune only it knows. Taken on a very cold morning in Keepershill Wood, Buckinghamshire
This is the same bull and cow I posted four days ago during their mating act. The flared nostrils don't seem to impress her. His expression here seems more one of anger than amorous.
Near Estes Park, Colorado. I tried several crops for this one and ended up liking this square the best.
It always seems to me as if the female Ruddy Darters are living in hiding because mostly I see males. But once in a while :-)
Female Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum).
Seen in the nature-sanctuary Steinhuder Meer - Niedersachsen - Germany.
Mir scheint es immer so als wenn die weiblichen Blutroten Heidelibellen ein sehr verstecktes Leben führen, denn meistens sehe ich Männchen. Aber ab und zu :-)
Weibliche Blutrote Heidelibelle (Sympetrum sanguineum).
Gesehen im Naturschutzgebiet am Steinhuder Meer - Niedersachsen.
This guy seemed to turn his hand at being a one man repair outfit. He had a shop full of all manner of metal bits and pieces and was busy putting stuff together. In the area where I live in Thailand these scenes are commonplace too
It seems only fitting to post a touch of green today. Happy St. Patrick's day everyone !!
Oh yeah, the tree in the way.....I wanted it there :)
While it seems every man and his dog were up the S&C again, I decided on a more local outing. Not being arsed to have a full day out and seeing 419 was allocated to this, there was really only one option in my opinion. Having done my local spots to death with this train and still not succeeding with the sun, I travelled further up the coast for a more scenic, picturesque view. St Bees is the location and running 46 minutes early, 37419 heads north with the usual monthly 1q47 Derby-Carlisle test train. 37423 was on the rear. Had it been on time it would've been touch and go with the sun as a bank of cloud had started to roll in by then.
Now thats just about every 37 nailed on this train, all I need now is 37425 in it's Regional Railway's livery to complete the set!!
Okay I can see everyone rolling their eyes . . . another Christmas photo! But Monday was the last day of the train show at New York Botanical Garden and I was up there at sunset. Seems like an appropriate posting right?
Dandelions seem to grow all over North America, and probably the other continents, too. Like the rest of the Asteraceae, they have sterile ray flowers (which look like petals) and fertile disc flowers.
Even if they are common, and often treated as weeds, they have beauty. Isn't God a great artist? Thanks for looking at my photo.
Maryland seems to get hammered with snow every 3-4 years. Though no where near Snowmageddon amounts of 2010, we've been doing pretty well this year....it will be interesting to see what the rest of January and February hold for us.
„It seems like a good year for butterflies. They can be found abound in the meadows and fields - this beautiful and noble marbled white was a willing model..."
„Es scheint ein gutes Jahr für Schmetterlinge zu sein. In den Wiesen und Feldern sind sie gerade zuhauf anzutreffen - dieser wunderschöne und edle Schachbrettfalter war ein williges Model…“
My personal challenge for 2022 - I'll try - and do my very best...
Meine persönliche Herausforderung für 2022 - ich werd's versuchen - und mein Bestes geben…
Saturday morning seems such a long time ago. The tide was out at Caernarvon castle and I had hopes of nice rope and chain lead-ins to some pretty boats. Instead it was rather smelly, dirty and dank....and then it threw it down. I grabbed this five shot handheld pano and promptly headed for the car. You can see the streaks of rain against some of the boats.
But it reminded me. five months ago I would never have taken this shot. It was only mid-March I only started to do what I had been told for so long to do, and started using Light Room. And then I was introduced to the idea of panoramic shots. I've been a useless learner, so slow on the uptake in many things, very much one step forward and two back. Yes, I think so!
Anyhow, here is Caernarfon castle in a composition of greys. Not what I would call a happy photo
Over the years it seems I've not taken any photos on April 27th, which is no bad thing because it gives me an opportunity to showcase three Australian native flowers
Banksias belong to the Protea family of which there are more than 170 species. This plant variety is endemic to Australia with the exception of one which can also be found in New Guinea.
Banksias are sturdy plants with stout trunks and long leathery and toothed leaves. The flower spikes are cylindrical or globular and have hundreds of small flowers packed in them. The colour of the flower ranges from yellow to red. The individual flowers are threadlike and are rich in nectar that attracts birds like honeyeaters, while parrots and cockatoos will feed on the seeds.
As the flower dies, the spike develops into fruiting cones, there is one in this photo. The fruit cones protect the seeds from fire and foraging animals. The cones will not open and release their seeds until the cone is completely dry or burnt.
Seems like I've been putting on a lot of HDR and buildings this past week, so will start the week with this little song sparrow.
It seemed at first like they were dead, lying on their back and not moving. But with a nudge, they suddenly come to life, start moving their legs and even defiantly raise up their minuscule claws, ready to meet any challenger!
When they are fully grown, it takes two hands to carry them.
A Wood Stork seems to be drying its wings and also using them to drive or scare fish into the danger zone. The right foot stirring up the water would indicate fishing as well as it stirs up the bottom driving fish forward toward the beak strike zone.
I watched this behavior for at least 15 minutes so it wasn't just a fleeting event.
Whatever it's doing it makes for an interesting photo.
...when boats seem to float on clouds and wild dreams in reality.
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Here is a scene from a recent rehearsal play called Ladykillers which was originally a British Black Comedy. The cast in this play were brilliant as as there were twists and turns in the storyline. I was fortunate to be given the opportunity to get some shoots of the play.
Still older fossils document the genus since the Late Oligocene onwards. The genus seems to have originated in the Southern Hemisphere, in the general region of Australia. By the Pliocene, it was probably distributed worldwide:
Gallinula sp. (Early Pliocene of Hungary and Germany)
Gallinula kansarum (Late Pliocene of Kansas, USA)
Gallinula balcanica (Late Pliocene of Varshets, Bulgaria).
Gallinula gigantea (Early Pleistocene of Czech Republic and Israel)
The ancient "Gallinula" disneyi (Late Oligocene—Early Miocene of Riversleigh, Australia) has been separated as genus Australlus.
Even among non-Passeriformes, this genus has a long documented existence. Consequently, some unassigned fragmentary rail fossils might also be from moor- or native-hens. For example, specimen QM F30696, a left distal tibiotarsus piece from the Oligo-Miocene boundary at Riversleigh, is similar to but than and differs in details from "G." disneyi. It cannot be said if this bird—if a distinct species—was flightless. From size alone, it might have been an ancestor of G. mortierii (see also below).
In addition to paleosubspecies of Gallinula chloropus, the doubtfully distinct Late Pliocene to Pleistocene Gallinula mortierii reperta was described, referring to the population of the Tasmanian native-hen that once inhabited mainland Australia and became extinct at the end of the last ice age.[6] It may be that apart from climate change it was driven to extinction by the introduction of the dingo, which as opposed to the marsupial predators hunted during the day, but this would require a survival of mainland Gallinula mortierii to as late as about 1500 BC.
"G." disneyi was yet another flightless native-hen, indicative of that group's rather basal position among moorhens. Its time and place of occurrence suggest it as an ancestor of G. mortierii (reperta), from which it differed mostly in its much smaller size. However, some limb bone proportions are also strikingly different, and in any case such a scenario would require a flightless bird to change but little during some 20 million years in an environment rich in predators. As the fossils of G. disneyi as well as the rich recent and subfossil material of G. mortierii shows no evidence of such a change at all, "G." disneyi more probably represents a case of parallel evolution at an earlier date, as signified by its placement in Australlus.
These seem to be in every pond, every park, in and out of the city. At Elm Park, if you're quiet, you can shoot them with portrait-length lenses while they take small fish along the shore -- no 500mm needed. This isn't as sharp as it should be, but still...
I hope everyone's having a great weekend. I'm alone with Charlie for most of it, so may or may not get any images out of my brain.
"All loose things seem to drift down to the sea, and so did I."
- Louis L'Amour
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The Power of Three
Three times I whispered to the sea
Three times it whispered back to me
I heard you say you love me dear
It echoed gently 'cross the bay
Three times you kissed me tenderly
Three times I missed you longingly
and then I felt your hand in mine
and softly fell asleep that way
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It seems yellow is the color of the day! ha! Well, it is with my entries anyway! I think perhaps I have my two postings of lilies and dayllies switched! I'm still trying to figure that one out! Please correct me if I'm wrong! Hope y'all enjoy!
Township of Holland
Holmen, Wisconsin
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2020 seemed to start off just fine but rapidly became rather hazy.
Wishing everyone a happier, safer and very peaceful new year! Take care.
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BIG BIRD in a small body.
These little guys are smaller than your thumb, but seem to have NO FEAR! Huge birds like Herons and Egrets run for their lives, if they happen to notice you can see them, a half mile away.
Yet when I spot these tiny little birds almost anywhere they couldn't care less if you see them or not. In fact sometimes they become so curious about what you're up too, the will come land on a branch right next to your head so close there's no way your camera can even focus on them. Some times even Hummingbirds will do that, almost willing to land on your nose to get a good look.
While even flocks of thousands of geese or ducks will scramble for their lives if you merely drive by in a truck a quarter mile away. What's up with that?
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