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" And I shall have some peace there, For peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veil of morn, To where the cricket sings,
Where midnights all a glimmer, And noon a purple glow,
And evenings filled with linnets wings "
{William Butler Yeats}
This stream comes from a spring that cascades out from under a boulder high up on the ridge in the distance. It plays it own special music as it tumbles down the mountain where it joins many other such streams, eventually forming the great Vartry river which enters the port of Wicklow 20 miles to the south east.
The lone Mountain Ash stands and watches its passing as it has done for so many years.
A wild and a beautiful place.
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Some early blooming roses in my local library rose garden.
HSS - Texture/Painting & effects Topaz & NIK
Some blue sky, but mainly orange-brown clouds turning black as an approaching storm gathered force at dusk.
Amsterdam - Oudeschans
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...Like Sunshine and Fresh Air are Hard to Beat
(Laura Ingalls Wilder)
One from the Archives:
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The Allen's Hummingbird
In early spring, a narrow strip of scrub and chaparral along the Pacific Coast starts buzzing with the sights and sounds of the coppery and green Allen's Hummingbird.
Males flash their brilliant reddish orange throat and put on an elaborate show for the females, swinging in pendulous arcs before climbing high into the sky and diving back down with a sharp squeal made by their tails.
These early migrants mostly spend the winter in Mexico, but some stay in southern California year-round. Allen's Hummingbirds breed in a narrow strip of habitat along coastal Oregon and California.
Male and female Allen's Hummingbirds use different habitats during the breeding season. The male sets up a territory overseeing open areas of coastal scrub or chaparral, where he perches conspicuously on exposed branches. The female visits these areas, but after mating she heads into thickets or forests to build a nest and raise the young.
The Allen's Hummingbird is a remarkably early migrant compared with most North American birds. Northbound birds may depart their wintering grounds as early as December, arriving on their breeding grounds as early as January when winter rains produce an abundance of flowers.
Like other birds, Allen's Hummingbirds use their feet to help control their body temperature. When it's cold outside they tuck their feet up against their bellies while flying, but when temperatures soar, they let their feet dangle to cool down.
The oldest recorded Allen's Hummingbird was at least 5 years old when she was captured and rereleased in California during banding operations in 2009. She was banded in the same state in 2004.
(Nikon, 300/4.0 + TC 1.4 (420 mm), 1/400 @ f/16, ISO 2500, edited to taste)
Exposure row
It had rained the whole day like from tubs. Actually, I planned, the Neist Point, the small peninsula
to take photos on the Scottish island Skye in the southwest in the sundown. But the weather meant it differently.
When I wanted to make a few test shots Late afternoon, it heard to rain for one moment on and the sky opened
for a short time before the coast. From approx. 100 admissions, were at the end only useful.....
If you already visited all my gallery certainly you have perceived that I love nature, birds, animals, flowers.
The Itatiaia National Park is one of my favorite places to visit and so near to my house.
I have been in this hotel in the heart of the park some times, especially because the birds come in search of food every day, and they are very close of the humans. This make the photos a bit easier.
Well, not the hummingbirds. I make satisfactory photos only if they are perched :)))
Saffron Toucanet (Araçari-banana)
Fortunately I got a photo of him perched on the tree lighted by the morning sun, because in the balcony there was not enough light.
Muse - Madness
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Blog Post
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ꜱᴘᴏɴꜱᴏʀᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴋɪᴛᴄᴀᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘꜱʏᴄʜᴏ ᴘɪʟʟꜱ
KitCat - Sodas Fatpack @ Blanc
Psycho Pills - Lily Stompers @ Planet29
ꜰᴜʟʟ ᴄʀᴇᴅɪᴛꜱ (ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪɴᴋꜱ) ɪꜱ ᴏɴ ᴍʏ ʙʟᴏɢ. ᴄʜᴇᴄᴋ ᴍʏ ʙɪᴏ <3
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❥ ꜱʜᴏᴇꜱ: ᴘꜱʏᴄʜᴏ ᴘɪʟʟꜱ - ʟɪʟʏ ꜱᴛᴏᴍᴘᴇʀꜱ || ʙʏ ᴘꜱʏᴄʜᴏ ᴘɪʟʟꜱ
❥ ꜱᴏᴅᴀ: ᴋɪᴛᴄᴀᴛ - ꜱᴏᴅᴀꜱ ꜰᴀᴛᴘᴀᴄᴋ || ʙʏ ᴋɪᴛᴄᴀᴛ
❥ ᴅʀᴇꜱꜱ: ᴀ.ᴛᴏᴍᴏ - ʀᴇᴛʀᴏᴡᴀᴠᴇ - 8 || ʙʏ ᴀᴍɪᴛᴏᴍᴏ
❥ ʜᴀɪʀ: ꜱɪɴᴛɪᴋʟɪᴀ - ʜᴀɪʀ ᴀᴋᴀʀɪ || ʙʏ ꜱɪɴᴛɪᴋʟɪᴀ
❥ ʟᴏʟʟɪᴘᴏᴘ: ʟʏʀɪᴜᴍ. ᴄʀᴇᴀᴍʏ ʟᴏʟʟɪᴘᴏᴘ || ʙʏ ʟʏʀɪᴜᴍ
❥ ɴᴀɪʟꜱ: ʀᴀᴡʀ! ɴɪɴᴀ ɴᴀɪʟꜱ || ʙʏ ʀᴀᴡʀ
❥ ʙᴀᴄᴋᴅʀᴏᴘ: ᴀᴍɪ:ʜᴀɪ / ᴍɪᴅꜱᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀɪᴇꜱ ɢᴀᴄʜᴀ / ᴜʟᴛʀᴀ ʀᴀʀᴇ1 || ʙʏ ʜᴀɪᴋᴇɪ
ꜰᴜʟʟ ᴄʀᴇᴅɪᴛꜱ (ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪɴᴋꜱ) ɪꜱ ᴏɴ ᴍʏ ʙʟᴏɢ. ᴄʜᴇᴄᴋ ᴍʏ ʙɪᴏ <3
For some that phrase would describe their eyes after a late night of partying and ringing in the New Year. For me on this first morning of the 20s, it meant first-light reaching Towers of the Virgin in Zion National Park.
Being a native East-Coaster, who has transplanted to life on the West Coast, I still feel that the New Year occurs when the crystal ball drops in New York, and that's the end. So, with the aide of staid Springdale, Utah, it was easy to get an early bedtime on New Years Eve so we could begin the trek to the Canyon Overlook Trail at 6:00 AM to catch first-light and sunrise from this vantage.
The trail is a relatively flat mile hike with a few tricky spots where the ice and slickrock conspire to give even the most sure-footed concern in the dark. Once we reached the overlook, I was a little concerned that our cold trek may have been for naught, due to the heavy cloud cover. Though they were thick overhead, there still was some clearing to the East, along the sun on the horizon to light a narrow band, reflecting off the cloud bottoms and warming the sheer rocks faces of the Temple of the Virgin ahead. This image was captured about 10-15 minutes before the local sunrise time, and is considerably brighter than what we saw with our eyes, due to the 20-second exposure.
Once the actual sun rays reached the Temple directly, the light only lit the areas seen here in red for less than 5 minutes before disappearing above the clouds for the remainder of the day.
Recognition:
Merit, Nature/Landscape category - JAN 24 PPSDC Image Competition, San Diego
Selected for Display, Color Scenic Landscape: Winter - JUN-JUL 2023, International Exhibition of Photography, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar Racetrack and Fairgrounds, CA
Some woodtextures of a huge trunk laying down in a park with the late afternoon light.
There were rotten parts and also damaged parts by a fire. The trunk has been an object of nature for a few years now, but it was from a tree of more as 500 years old. Its width is about 1.80 meter or almost 6 feet. This was cut down before it really fell upon somebody.
.. be it in hot weather or cold weather, a lonely one or a family packed one.
Some may work, others not and some, like myself will be missing somebody who should still be here but isn't.
Merry heavenly Christmas to my beautiful Mum who was taken from us earlier this year, far too soon. I love you Mum."
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This beautiful set of 3 poses Lazy Weekend Collection by Seetra & Co helped me take that moment to reflect back on memories of my mother.
Hopefully you can relax and do some reflection of your own, no matter what it's about.
This was available at the POSEvent until the 19th December and will now be available at the mainstore.
and for your convenience
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Fractal source image from abstractarchangel77:
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For:
Treat This 198: Friday 8 June → Thursday 14 June 2018
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New!! Challenge # 171 ~ Colourama ~
Some of the Ten Peaks reflected in a calm Lake Moraine as the sun sets. Never fails to entrance and enchant me when I'm fortunate enough to stand here.
Thanks for taking a look! Always appreciated.
Enjoy a wonderful Sunday and the week ahead!
Some call it Autumn, some call it Indian Summer. Temperatures in the twenties and 10 hours of sunshine keep the mood up. Porta Westfalica, Ostwestfalen, Germany