Step into the velvet of the morning

Let yourself lay back within your dreams

Take on the situation but not the torment

Now you know its not as bad as it seems

Well I know you'd like to come away

But baby you can't come

Your fortune is your life's love

Oh and anytime you think about leaving

Think about what you know

Well think about it...

think it's trying to sunbathe? HFDF :o))

Cape Twon, South Africa

“I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time.”

― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

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I think some days we can all identify with Dave.

Also by Tabby, dated 26 November 2018

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" “Dave” as it is affectionately known, was painted by Tabby on the 27th November 2018. Using spray paint and stencils, this piece was one of three works which went up on Tabby’s 2nd visit to Carlisle. Tabby commented “This was a really fun piece to create as we hid in plain sight completing this piece at night while the bar was open, there were actually people sitting on the table directly on the other side of the wall with no idea!” The video below shows how street artists often hide in plain sight … even the police sometimes miss them! This piece is a great example of Tabby’s trademark use of humor in his art and a reminder that art, especially that seen in the public domain while going around one’s daily business doesn’t always have to have a strong message and can simply be fun and have a soul purpose of raising a smile… You have got to feel sorry for Dave though right? "

I left soul as is, though I did want to correct to sole :-)

Makinon MC 400mm f6.7 / Mirror

Well, Anja 'A Woman Who Thinks' is, it seems, the perfect model to become Eva Green as Miss Peregrine from the awesome film 'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children'. Sadly I do not have a crossbow (it's on my wish list) but I made a pocket watch and sourced a pipe!

Fashion and prop credits:

Jacket: Barbie Great Fashions of the 20th Century 1930s

Skirt: Gloria Grandbuilt Katy Keene Collection

Shoes: old FR??

Suitcases: made by me

Watch: made by me

Pipe: Dragon in Dreams

Gramophone: novelty pencil sharpener

A little Peridot Green for today xxx

Did you know the human eye is able to differentiate more shades of green than any other colour? The belief behind this is one of evolution and survival when our early ancestors relied on being able to find food, water and life. We are reassured and feel safe when seeing green.

positive psychological qualities of green

When we see green our eye requires no adjustment. This is because it is at the centre of the colour spectrum, making green very restful, creating balance and harmony. It provides reassurance, restorative and refreshing. In nature the bright light fresh green represents new life and new growth.

It is the colour that represents universal peace and universal love, that of mother earth and the environment.

negative psychological qualities of green

Green, like any colour also has negative traits. Too much green or being surrounded by the wrong shade of green can bring up the feelings of boredom, lack of life and stagnation. It can also communicate rot and decay.

“Absolute green is the most restful color, lacking any undertone of joy, grief, or passion.

50 shades of green

There are so many shades of green from the bright yellow chartreuse, lime, cool jade green, emerald, forest, bottle, to the olive and khaki greens just to name a few.

i think some of us need to learn the meaning of gratitude.

a please and/or thank you can really go a long way.

just saying.

anyways, i finally finished my lab practicum for my microbiology class and i'm just glad that's over and done with.

now i have to stress out about a final this coming monday and try to find as much study time as i can.

oh and have i mentioned that this summer i am going to die taking a 6 week course in one of the most hardest bio classes ever?

well dear summer,

i hope you end quickly.

and this is one of the many photos i took of my friend theresa when we went on a photo shoot.

i need more time for those...which reminds me, i have a ton of photos i still need to upload on here.

speaking of photo shoots, i got to take pictures of this fashion show at UCI for one of my friend's roommate. it was actually pretty cool, but i felt a bit lame against all these other people with better lenses and flashes...

i need to fix that.

We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking

I think this photo is taken at the same time and spot as the last one I uploaded of the Royal Scot, but with a train heading in the other direction. The weather conditions are the same and I acquired them together.

This time we have a Class 40 piloting what I think is a Royal Scot (not my strong point so please correct me if necessary) on load at least 12. The class 40 was given as D230, the number this time is unreadable so if that is the case the photo has to be pre April 1961 when it acquired the name Scythia.

D230 was new to Carlisle Upperby in September 1959 and a Midland loco all its life was withdrawn in April 1983.

Image from a slide in my collection by an unknown photographer.

Taken at Cranbourne Botanic Gardens

Think Park Tower Bldg., Osaki Shinagawa-ku Tokyo

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Tattoo: the smartest, funniest, moodiest, uncattiest and most beloved cat ever. Finally doing one of its many weird poses for me.

This shot makes me think of you Kelley. :) So, for you.

I'm going to miss pretty pastels this fall/winter!

Made Explore #280

Two Jades and a Cloe.

I think Mamma Mei ordered this pose as part of her Panda House cub package. She had them pull down the China mountain backdrop as it reminded her of home...

Puma concolor

THINK THIS ONE WANTS A WEE. HORNSEA MERE

So I went out and took some senior pictures this weekend! This is something that I came up with and I decided to make it more of a conceptual photo than a senior portrait so I have my client likes it! I think they will! Anyways I'm moving to California in 2 days and I'm really excited for all the photo opportunities on my way out there!! If you live in LA we should shoot together!!

Filter settings Agfa Ultra 100++

I think this is called brontosaurus (but I'm probably wrong)

ok, so it's actually brachiosaurus

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40 - Everything you think is wrong day, for 120 pictures in 2020

When in danger, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout!

This rhyme is one I've heard since I was young. I found one source for it: "Anonymous U.S. Infantry saying," ca. 1929.

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It's St Patricks Day today, this always makes me think of my Mum who we sadly lost nearly 2 years ago, she always celebrated her birthday on 17th March even though I found out a few years ago that she was actually born on the 16th!

Mum explained to me that when she was younger she was always guaranteed that there would be a party to go to on St Patricks night and she liked to think of herself as younger than she was even though it was only by one day, You have to admire the logic in that, it did cause problems the first time I made a flight booking for her though!! :)

So, Happy St Patricks Day and Happy Birthday Mum

Cheers xx

For our daily challenge: Green

I think that this is Andrena scotica. I should have realised more quickly that it was likely to be stylopised (parasitised by a strepsipteran fly) as it was not behaving normally. It was sitting in the sun in the open and didn't fly away when I approached. I put my finger in front of it and it climbed on.

I noticed the slightly swollen abdomen as I photographed it, and guessed the situation. I was able to position my finger to see the bee's rear end and there was the parasite protruding. I got a couple of shots before she flew off.

This is an adult female Stylops parasite. They look more like a flattened larva and have no eyes, legs or antennae. They do not leave the bee. The males (even though of bizarre appearance) are more typical and emerge from the bee and fly of looking for another stylopised bee so that they can mate with the female parasite.

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18.5' cm collage

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.

-William Blake

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alien bee b800 @1/8 boom over thru bd

alien bee b800 @1/8 thru strip l/r

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Think this butterfly is a Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary.

Moorland edge, Western Co.Durham

The Thinker is perhaps the best known of all Rodin's sculptures. The concentration and the tension of this thinker, rendered universal in his nudity, constitutes a compelling symbol of hope and of faith in mankind.

The Thinker is 71.5 cms high. It was first exhibited in 1888. It was transported with its pedestal to the gardens of the Hotel Biron in 1923.

Between Les Invalides and the Eiffel Tower, The Thinker sits atop his pillar among the box trees, facing The Gates of Hell on the other side of the garden (designed in 1920 after the demolition of the outbuildings that once bordered the Hôtel Biron).

Rodin would first make a clay model, when he was satisfied, he would turn it over to a moulder who would make a first plaster cast. Later he could make changes on the plaster or enlarge the model through a mechanical process. Then he could go on to execute it in marble or cast in in bronze by a foundry. Hence there could be more one size or medium of the same sculpture.

~ Anne Frank

Canon EOS 7D + Canon EF 50mm 1:1.8 II @ 50mm 1/1500 ƒ/2 ISO100

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Thanks go out to Mr. Burke for the inspiration to find and post a shot from sunnier and warmer days, just think, only 5 more months till spring!