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Last weekend I found two Mockingbirds tirelessly bring food back to a full nest. It was amazing to see the variety of insects and berries brought back to the nest. Every few minutes each parent was back with something new to feed the young.
Lodi, CA
-Foo Fighters "Learn to Fly"
Rockin'1000 version:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JozAmXo2bDE&list=PLgR08b3J_lG...
Run and tell all of the angels
This could take all night
Think I need a devil to help me
Get things right
Hook me up a new revolution
'Cause this one is a lie
We sat around laughing
And watch the last one die
I'm looking to the sky to save me
Looking for a sign of life
Looking for something help me burn out bright
I'm looking for a complication
Looking 'cause I'm tired of trying
Make my way back home
When I learn to fly
Think I'm done nursing the patience
I can wait one night
I'd give it all away
If you give me one last try
We live happily ever trapped
If you just save my life
Run and tell the angels
That everything is all right
I'm looking to the sky to save me
Looking for a sign of life
Looking for something help me burn out bright
I'm looking for a complication
Looking 'cause I'm tired of trying
Make my way back home
When I learn to fly
Make my way back home
When I learn to fly
Fly along with me
I can't quite make it alone
Try to make this life my own
Fly along with me
I can't quite make it alone
Try to make this life my own
I'm looking to the sky to save me
Looking for a sign of life
Looking for something help me burn out bright
I'm looking for a complication
Looking 'cause I'm tired of trying
Make my way back home
When I learn to fly
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If you have never seen them, please do check out the video of 1000 people playing all together on one song.. It is very uplifting, in my humble opinion :)
he was a master at night time urban photography and a real gentleman .. and he always found time to make nice comments on my too numerous images. .( thanks to Jesus for sharing this sad news and his lovely dedication )..
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I did not know her
I had never seen her
but i met her in a sim
and her eyes drew me like a magnet....
♪ Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes ♪
Her hair is Harlow gold
Her lips a sweet surprise
Her hands are never cold
She's got Bette Davis eyes
She'll turn her music on you
You won't have to think twice
She's pure as New York snow
She got Bette Davis eyes
And she'll tease you, she'll unease you
All the better just to please you
She's precocious, and she knows just what it
Takes to make a pro blush
She got Greta Garbo's standoff sighs, she's got Bette Davis eyes
She'll let you take her home
It whets her appetite
She'll lay you on a throne
She got Bette Davis eyes
She'll take a tumble on you
Roll you like you were dice
Until you come out blue
She's got Bette Davis eyes
She'll expose you, when she snows you
Off your feet with the crumbs, she throws you
She's ferocious and she knows just what it
Takes to make a pro blush
All the boys think she's a spy, she's got Bette Davis eyes
She'll tease you, she'll unease you
All the better just to please you
She's precocious, and she knows just what it
Takes to make a pro blush
All the boys think she's a spy, she's got Bette Davis eyes
She'll tease you
She'll unease you
Just to please you
She's got Bette Davis eyes
She'll expose you
When she snows you
'Cause she knows you, she's got Bette Davis Eyes
She'll tease you
Yesterday's snow is melting quickly in today's warm sunshine. The community gardens are filled with Bluebirds, Wrens, Sparrows and Tree Swallows all vying for the best birdhouse homes for their first broods of the Spring. This is a male Eastern Bluebird who was doing his best to lead us away from the nest where his mate was keeping their eggs warm. It's Spring. 😊
I went to look for the chamois again today, and although they showed up they didn’t seem pleased that I had brought my mom along... they made a big show of giving warning calls and sprinting towards cover while not appearing particularly nervous. (They do remind me a bit of cats.) As I didn’t manage to capture their show very well I took a few flower shots instead...
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Back to familiar places and favorite subjects... Our world seems to be, once again full of uncertainties and unhappy things... like rising gas prices and looming food shortages. It's exhausting. Familiar places that I love make me happy. Staying close to home again.... it's cheaper that way!
Its got to be Large
Another from last years autumn roadtrip
There was a rather thick fog and the sun was trying to break through
I was so tempted to go through the gate to composition heaven
We got a load of great shots along the fenceline as the light changed as the thickness of the fog moved around
This inspires me to go chasing some more fog
Réalisé le 6 août 2011 sur la côte sud-est du Brésil.
Cliquez sur la photo pour l'agrandir / click on the photograph to enlarge it.
Taken on August, 6th / 2011 along the south-east coast of Brazil.
Recently was able to explore the Disney Concert Hall in downtown LA. Here's another shot of the exterior: flic.kr/p/2rRCsgu . So many amazing, unique views and perspectives including this vanishing point "looking up" angle. Then decided to jazz it up a bit with just a touch of the "blues". Not sure what the name of the building is, that can be seen through the glass in this pathway that I was walking through on the 5th floor. This was a magical experience, highly recommend taking it in.
Path to the lookout at the San Antonio Botanical Gardens. A really great location to take in an urban sunset.
fineartamerica.com/featured/path-to-sunset-corey-leopold....
SONY DSC I saw lots of opportunities in this little music room on the second floor! I loved the colors!
Par. 237: Coming back to herself, she retained in her memory the sweetness of this contemplation, delighting in it, without, however, experiencing it again. And remembering what she had seen and understood, comforted by the indescribable divine sweetness, she reposed peacefully in the arms of the Beloved, burning with the fire of love. Then she understood the sense of the words cited above, but less by intelligence than by experience, with the purified eye of the spirit, and she became aware that she loved herself perfectly for Christ’s sake, but that there are few who reach this summit of perfect love.”
-Excerpts from Beatrice of Nazareth’s “Vita” and “The Seven Manners”
(WOMEN MYSTICS IN Medieval Europe Emilie Zum Brunn and Georgette Epiney-Burgard)
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Rose of Damascus has been used for centuries as a perfuming agent and a medicinal plant. It's known to have a calming effect on the nervous system, to be a gentle laxative, to help respiratory issues, to facilitate skin healing. The flowers can be used fresh or dry. The petals can be eaten and used in a variety of culinary ways. Essential oil of Rose Absolute remains one of the most precious substances in the world.
Preparing to Strike
Bald eagle about to grab a fish from the Susquehanna River in Maryland
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Dovercourt, Essex, UK
Whilst spending a few days in the Chelmsford/Colchester area and after dropping my better half to her friends I decided to set off for the coast.
Thinking I had plenty of time what I didn't allow for was the horrendous traffic. I arrived at 20:15, 5 minutes before sunset, fortunately I managed to get a few shots off before it was totally dark, hope you like this one??
Thanks everyone for all your recent support :-)
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A threefer! One flower and two bees.
Tall Globe-thistle: European species of globe thistle in the family Asteraceae. It is native to central and eastern Europe from Germany and Italy east into Russia. The species has escaped cultivation and become established in the wild in scattered locations in eastern Canada and the northern United States.
It is the largest of all globe thistles, a branching perennial herb up to 150 cm (60 inches or 5 feet) tall. One plant can produces several flower heads, each with a very nearly spherical array of white or pale blue disc florets but no ray florets.
Brown-belted Bumble Bee (lower centre): It is native to much of the United States except for the Southwest, and to the southernmost regions of several of the provinces of Canada. This bumblebee can occupy many kinds of habitat, including meadows, wetlands, agricultural fields, and urban areas, even densely populated cities.
Western Honey Bee (upper right): One of the first domesticated insects, and the primary species maintained by beekeepers to this day for both its honey production and pollination activities. With human assistance, the western honey bee now occupies every continent except Antarctica. (Wikipedia)
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We visited the Ornamental Gardens, part of Ottawa's Experimental Farm a couple of weeks ago. These thistle flowers were just alive with bees and other pollinators. I was lucky to capture this flower head with two different bee species.
Ornamental Gardens, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. July 2025.
..."A man walked through my ghetto on a humid summer day
And then he stopped to pay and he dealed in a field of poppies
Oh, flower of forgetfulness, just an hour away to the moon
Take a deep breath if you are reaching for truth
While you're in the stupor
The door knocks and death takes another youth"...
Poppies
- Nina Simone