yet another rubbish shot of this new species for me. Next year I'm chasing a good photo of it

A Little Egret, striking a pose near Kamiezu Lake, Kumamoto, Kyushu.

Couldn't think of an adequate story to go with this image. I'm drawn back to what it means to me looking at it. All I could think about was this song. It reminds me of my older brother I guess. Perhaps because I sat alone when photographing this scene, watching the darkness envelope these beautiful mountains and wished I wasn't. It brought back memories of many a late night spent with my older brother when we were teens. I took great comfort and trust in our conversations, his advice and opinion. We talked about everything under the sun and I remember many times sitting together and watching the stars rise high in the skies like a million tiny lanterns. It was my brother who also showed me this song before he left for boot camp. Since then we've both grown up and moved to different states but I think of those nights often when I'm up late.

Here's to

starry skies and memories of long nights... to loved ones who were willing to sit with us in both the cover of darkness and in the beauty of light.

Thank you as always for listening to my ramblings...

xx

Rachel

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFt0c-DojE4

I think this is Tn 1690, the "Valdstejn", Liberec - Cheb, timed at 09.48 from Chomutov.

Sorry about the backlighting, but these locos, always in stunning condition from Chomutov Depot, looked great!

Thanks to this reference via Christoph Kainz www.flickr.com/photos/128767441@N03/, I now feel happy that the location is correct, I am standing on the little hillock at far left in this picture www.flickr.com/photos/brs-online/48060976166/in/album-721...

I think even more shocked to see me than I was to see them? WHOOOO ARE YOU? What are you doing here, their thinking?

While I'm being eaten alive by mosquitoes that's what. But their worth it, I keep telling myself?

----------------------------- JESUS ✝️ SAVES-------------------------------

SALVATION THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST - ALONE!

12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."

❤️❤️ IT'S ALL JESUS AND NONE OF OURSELVES! ❤️❤️

16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the SALVATION of everyone WHO BELIEVES: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17 For in the gospel a RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD IS REVEALED, a righteousness that is by FAITH FROM FIRST TO LAST, just as it is written: "THE RIGHTEOUS WILL LIVE BY FAITH." (Romans 1:16-17)

16 KNOW that a man is NOT justified by observing the law, but by FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be JUSTIFIED BY FAITH in CHRIST and NOT by observing the law, BECAUSE BY OBSERVING THE LAW NO ONE WILL BE JUSTIFIED. (Galatians 2:16)

1. Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2. BY THIS GOSPEL YOU ARE SAVED, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

3. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4. that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5. and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. 6. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8. and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.

9. For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them--yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11. Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed. (1 Corinthians 15:1-11)

7. Therefore Jesus said again, "I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. 8. All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9. I am the gate; whoever enters through me WILL BE SAVED. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10. The thief comes only to STEAL and KILL and DESTROY; I have come that they may have LIFE, and have it to the FULL. (John 10:7-10)

1 Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. 2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. 3 Since they did not know the righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. 4 Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.

5 Moses describes in this way the righteousness that is by the law: "The man who does these things will live by them." 6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 "or 'Who will descend into the deep?'" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart," that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: 9 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. 11 As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame." 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." (Romans 10:1-13)

Jesus came to bring spiritual LIFE to the spiritually dead and set the captives FREE! FREE from RELIGION, ERROR and outright LIES, so WE might serve THE LIVING GOD! In SPIRIT and in TRUTH!

So you'll KNOW, and not think you're to bad for God to love. The Christian LIFE isn't about how good WE are, because NONE of us are! It's about how GOOD JESUS IS! Because JESUS LOVES US, so much he died in our place and took the punishment for all of our sins on himself. The wages of sin is DEATH, and Jesus took the death WE so richly deserved for us and died in our place. The good news is, there's no more punishment for sin left. WE, you and I were all born forgive as a result of the crucifixion of God himself on the cross that took away the sins of the whole world. All we have to do is believe it, and put your Faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ. That my friends is REAL UNCONDITIONAL LOVE! YOU ARE LOVED. ❤️ ✝️ ❤️

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This is a Tea Plantation in Tanah Rata, Malaysia. It wasn't the perfect day to visit it but in the end the clouds gave a nice dramatic sky for this picture.

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Off to the beach we go Series #1 of 5

These photos were taking 2 years ago today.

I love adding them because it's so nice to go back and see what we were doing that day....

Thank you so much for your comments and visits.

Have a Fantasic day!

I think I'm going to have to find another tree for these Zenith shots ... critics might begin to regard the repeat appearances of this old aspen tree as some kind of failure of imagination on the aurora paparazzi's part ...

Not a whole lot of variability in scenery around my place here ... just Spruce and Pine, and more Spruce and Pine ...

(Aurora directly overhead last night, 3/1)

Chief Keef - Love Sosa (RL Grime Remix)

I think I'm finally caught up on client work, and work for Hannah's school (but only because of a snow day)...what a wonderful blessing it is to get to shoot something for myself... this was supposed to be a shot of the Boo, but she horned in...if anyone is worried, she was outdoors for less than a minute...she thought if she wore her coat, no one would know she had a pretty dress on...

Miss ya, hope the new year is treating everyone well...

Happy Floral Friday!🌸

Craiova, Romania

Greenbelt, MD

decided to try something diffrent tonight

what do you think guys

my granddaughter is in the frame

Day 168/365

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Think I've now exhausted my archives of these beauties, until I see more! :-) Graphosoma italicum

Le Bois des Roches - Indre - France (May 16)

I think this must be 33 ft Epic schooner built in 2014 designed by Ed Louchard. It was built by the Community Boat Project which has sought for over a decade to create the ultimate non-motorized educational vessel. Schooner-rigged, rowing 8 oars and capable of the multi-day unsupported sailing expedition, Epic is an ultimate teaching platform for all ages. Its home port is Port Hadlock, WA. I took this photo at Port Townsend's 2022 Wooden Boat Festival. woodenboat.org/plan-your-visit/

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You never know in advance whether something succeeds, but this worked out very well, I am very happy with it, but what do you think?

I knew there would be lots of flowers for this challenge. My options were limited this week so a quick capture of these pretties it was :)

This is not really a fence ... it is a railing on the dock ...

~ I am going to pretend it is a fence ... and ENJOY the VIEW from the Lake ... it was a BEAUTY that day .... So Enjoy The Warmer View ....

HaPpY FeNcE RaIlInG Friday ....

And Have a Wonderful LONG Weeek- ENd Ahead ...

Try To Enjoy The Warmer Days, Winter is Sneaking Back In Once Again Next Week ! Upper 20's will be our highs, now that is bone chillen cold ...

" Think big, think creatively "

ringed plover on the beach

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I think that you can all tell that I am in a philosophical mood these days. There are so many complications in life that we, the people, have to solve and surely at the forefront is our inability to let go of the negative forces and embrace the positive ones. It is time for us to collectively come up with good reasons to work together for the better for ALL. In the long run, selfishness does not gain us anything, in fact we lose! Let's find ways to help one another, make the world a smaller place in which all are welcome. It is possible, we can and must do it!!!

Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️❤️❤️

It was decision time even at this late point, once I had my picture on the screen I thought well i`m not sure about the crop, I sat and looked at it for a while and pondered what to do , there was only one element that was holding me back for a square crop, that smoke, in the top right i`m really not sure about.

So in the end you have two versions I think the smoke still works though not such a strong element.

This I think was on the North York Moors near the Hole of Horcomb and the A169 in the late afternoon catching the warm light and the burning of the Heather

think I am having a Happy Ass Monday...how am I going to get an Uber out here!?!

as seen outside the Board Room on 4th Ave, Vancouver

new fascade in place

Think i have too much spare time ,need to get out more !!

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Challenge: Think Pink

Do you think Kodak was an influence?

Do you think the name on the paint was Kodak Yellow?

I loved Kodak film and I love that this photographic studio is painted yellow.

Kodak are an interesting company so powerful for so long with their excellent film and printing paper. The wonder slide film for so many year so dominant. The company in my youth was like Apple 🍏 today so all I can say is watch out Apple you are only dominant for now. I would like to say I’m using an iPad to post this!!!!

This is a quick wall we did together with Reb and Sterling a cloudy morning somewhere in Brixton..I really enjoyed adding some colour on this one after a long time doing monochrome pieces!

Whole wall here: www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206840402422075&set...

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I think I'm in love

And my life's lookin' up

I think I'm in love

'Cause I can't get enough (no, no, no)

I think I'm in love

It's gotta be love