I have tried to capture the nothern lights and the Big Dipper together for awhile now. Rhis is my best attempt to date. I'm not sure how many exposures I took trying to get this photo. The northern lights were out but not extremely strong. After about an hour they briefly got more intense. It was not a really clear night so that gave less stars visible in the sky which fortunately brought out the Big Dipper. The fog lights of my vehicle were turned on for about half the exposure giving a little light to the foreground.

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Don't waste time and energy in trivial things.

Do you know what hope is? It's that weird little superpower that keeps you from giving up. You have that.

♫ TUNE ♫

"Try Again Tomorrow"

(feat. Darling West)

If all you did today was, open your eyes

If all you did today was, turn off your phone

If all you had the energy to do today was, cry

Then you should know, that you're not alone

And it's okay to hide

If all you said today was, leave me alone

Push your friends away, and say 'go mind your own'

If all you did today was try to not feel anything, for anyone

Then you should know, you're not alone

'Cause it's okay, it's okay to feel lost, and feel tired

It's alright, you can turn off the light uninspired

And try again tomorrow, try again tomorrow

Alright

Just try again tomorrow, try again tomorrow

Alright

If all you did today was, try to survive

Force a smile and say that, everything's fine

If all you did was try to keep up appearances, a front for everyone

Then you should know, that you're not alone

Then it's okay, it's okay to feel lost, and feel tired

It's alright, you can turn off the light uninspired

And try again tomorrow, try again tomorrow

Alright

Just try again tomorrow, try again tomorrow

Alright

All I did today was, go back to bed

Pray for better days as I, laid down my head

💖 In advance I want to thank you all for your always kindness, support, beautiful awards, favs, and messages. Please Know that I see all of your comments and awards and I appreciate them so much as well as each on of you for taking the time.

Lori 💖

from another new workweek ... Happy Monday!

Blue-fronted amazon /Blaustirnamazone (Amazona aestiva)

hiding in a tree at at Pousada Rio Claro, Transpantaneira, Pantanal, MT, Brazil

Try_Pink

Where there is desire, there is gonna be a flame

Where there is a flame, someone's bound to get burned

But just because it burns, doesn't mean you're gonna die

You gotta get up and try, and try, and try

Gotta get up and try, and try, and try

You gotta get up and try, and try, and try

Songwriters: Michael Busbee / Benjamin West

Picture Taken @ Whimberly

☠ Tune: Kashmir - Led ZePPelin ☠

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzVJPgCn-Z8

☠ WearinG ☠

Crochet Tunic: Soul Delirium

Glasses: Foxy GG

Ink: Nanika & Carol G

Hair: Truth GG

☠ LocaTion ☠

PonTo Cabana

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivPEKaBHjYA

To have a plan B if my original plans don't work out. In this case the fish were not biting so this will have to do...

I VAN

Trying to get a few Fall color shots before they're gone for the year. Taken on my way home from work tonight. This caught my eye with all the different leaves and the Red Maple reflection.

Thanks Everyone!!! All the comments are very heartfelt !!!!

HWS !! (Happy Weekend Showcase)

This is one of the 2 little squirrels who comes to my kitchen window waiting for me to come in for coffee. Once I open the window to the patio, he scampers to the spot he knows I will throw some peanuts. I have been spotty on Flickr lately due to being a total Klutz and having a bad fall. I will admit I would not have hurt myself quite as much had I not been trying to protect my camera. I , my camera and my ribs are doing much better now:)

For all the credits, please check the Blog

Hit of the day: Kat Graham - Put Your Graffiti On Me

: Lemmings – Van Der Graaf Generator

I stood alone upon the highest cliff-top

Looked down, around, and all that I could see

Were those that I would dearly love to share with

Crashing on quite blindly to the sea...

Trying to make the most of an overcast cloudy day, A visit to Herne Bay to try and find some colour!

Taken this late Summer early Fall I added a texture layer and was happy with the results. Sorry I know I'm posting a lot of pics right now but I have so many and just feel like I need to get some out there! But if you leave a comment I WILL visit you!! (I still can't figure out why on some images the EXIF data shows and some it doesn't I'm not trying to hide it.)

Press Slowly 🎧

Credits:

OUTPUT EVENT K&S Skatelife Bento poses

SpotCat Necklace - Love you

DAPPA Maison Tattoo

VUK Nomad Bento Gloves

Bento Mesh Head: LeLutka Greer

Bento Mesh Body: Maitreya Lara

Face/Body applier: Chronos, Coal Gold by Fallen Gods

Body Tattoo: Conductor (gold) by Nefekalum now @ The Engine Room @ maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Syndicate/192/131/37

Ensemble: Teisha (bodysuit, boots & helmet hair) by Salt & Pepper

Aura Moon Staff (ultrarare) by [The Forge]

Dragon Bracers: *OAL*

Milena Nails: Slipper

Lipstick Applier: Leonie by Zibska

Enigma Eyes Applier Amazon by .euphoric

Messy Eyelashes: MILA

POSE: Exuma Escapes Vol 2/pose 8 by Focus Poses

Japanese Dragon Animesh Metal (Companion): [Rezz Room]

Grass1l (tweaked color to match pic): Little Branch

Trying to figure out why that shrub is clicking

House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)

Brown Acres - Jackson County - Southern Oregon

... what to do during the Corona Crisis ...

tip 15

LIMG_7722_lr

♦ Style ♦ 247

♔ Credits ♔

Picture taken at: The missing whale: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Twilight%20Story/5/87/23

stylenevergoesout.blogspot.de/2018/03/trying-for-somethin...

www.instagram.com/eric_fotografie/

....to get the shots like this with a darkish backdrop and the sun just right (to me)

Always hand held and straight from camera.

Maybe he has a better service provider than I have, but I don't think there is cell service down in the gorge. I used my phone too...as a camera hahaha.

This is a natural sandy area at a plunge pool for a small waterfall.

Taken from the top of a hilly overlook at Hocking Hills State Park, Ohio.

Hey Kitty... I see what you did there.

╚►https://antonelasartori.blogspot.com/2022/06/try.html

“As if you were on fire from within.

The moon lives in the lining of your skin.”

― Pablo Neruda

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtfHk2hSlqA

WICKED GAME by CHRIS ISAAK

FIREWORKS IN MY MIND

I feel that I could lose myself

within the warm fold of your arms

the intensity you feel for me

ignites fireworks in my mind

within the recess of my heart

where past love left a void

there's a burning river running through

lighting fireworks in my mind

it's scorching everything I touch

and coursing through my veins

I close my eyes and try to breathe

but still see fireworks in my mind

I feel myself falling deep

in the garden of my dreams

this burning love; intense white heat

creates fireworks in my mind

I walk along my empty beach

and try to stem the flow

I don't want to feel this way

with fireworks in my mind

it feels too much; explosive love

it consumes me with it's madness

somehow you got beneath my skin

caused fireworks in my mind

I'm weakening now as you grow close

but I'm less when you're not here

the coldness that ached and broke my bones

is gone with fireworks in my mind

I need to choose; to do things right

but it's harder when you're here

you took my heart and made it yours

lit fireworks in my mind

If I could choose and have it all

I'd tell you not to go

don't make me choose between the moon and you

with fireworks in my mind

- AP - Copyright remains with the author

'copyright image please do not reproduce without permission'

My artwork is a compilation of 3 of my photographs

trying to clean out some files and found this image of my Hyacinth Bean Vine that I fell in love with...

I tried something a bit different with this photo. It's a hand blended 3 exposure HDR. Rather than let Lightroom do it for me, I chose to blend the photo using a series of masks in Photoshop. I wasn't happy with the colours, so B&W was an easy choice. Rather than using the standard, high contrast B&W, I lifted the black-point to about 20 to get a nice vintage film look.

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Belgium, 2021

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crow on a roof eating a nut

Taken at the brand new It All Starts With A Smile Sim (opens Monday 25th) ♥

Details & More Pictures

Be sure to join The Friendship Series here: www.flickr.com/groups/2845162@N24/ and share all the cute pics you take with your friends in SL ♥

Tune ♥

Credits ♥

the series can be viewed here flic.kr/s/aHsmVqo6J2

I would tell you about the things

They put me through

The pain I've been subjected to

But the lord himself would blush

The countless feasts laid at my feet

Forbidden fruits for me to eat

But i think your pulse would start to rush

Now I'm not looking for absolution

Forgiveness for the things i do

But before you come to any conclusions

Try walking in my shoes

Try walking in my shoes

You'll stumble in my footsteps

Keep the same appointments i kept

If you try walking in my shoes

If you try walking in my shoes

Morality would frown upon

Decency look down upon

The scapegoat fate's made of me

But i promise now, my judge and jurors

My intentions couldn't have been purer

My case is easy to see

I'm not looking for a clearer conscience

Peace of mind after what I've been through

And before we talk of any repentance

Try walking in my shoes

Try walking in my shoes

You'll stumble in my footsteps

Keep the same appointments i kept

If you try walking in my shoes

If you try walking in my shoes

Try walking in my shoes

Now I'm not looking for absolution

Forgiveness for the things i do

But before you come to any conclusions

Try walking in my shoes

Try walking in my shoes

You'll stumble in my footsteps

Keep the same appointments i kept

If you try walking in my shoes

You'll stumble in my footsteps

Keep the same appointments i kept

If you try walking in my shoes

Try walking in my shoes

If you try walking in my shoes

Try walking in my shoes

www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7KJhGgSBtc

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Gold /Fun www.flickr.com/photos/teresa_coelho/galleries/72157629232...

Gold /The Art Within www.flickr.com/photos/teresa_coelho/galleries/72157628525...

Gold www.flickr.com/photos/teresa_coelho/galleries/72157628437...

*Many thanks everyone for allowing your wonderful, exquisite, creative works to be shown in these galleries! Have a Brave and Safe New Year in 2021 ! :)

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I tried quiet a few different subjects but eventually came back to my tried and tested watch parts. I was lucky how this set froze, quiet randomly the second hand lined up with the watch face, and the cogs were close to the surface of the ice. Originally I’d used ice cube trays to freeze objects but I ended up freezing them in a jar then cracking the ice into chunks with a knife.

To take the shot I placed the ice onto a stacked shot glass on top of a Pyrex lid on top of an LED light (with various other lights to pick out the detail).

Loving the variety in the group pool so far, makes me smile to think what’s been on ice in peoples freezers worldwide this week!