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Nola was a human with such a vivid internal monologue that, wherever she went, each time she would breathe, the atmosphere around her would change. Today is a good day for NOLA but let's always be kind to her .
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Tutankhamen, was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who was the last of his royal family to rule during the end of the 18th dynasty The legend of Tutankhamun captured imaginations globally when his tomb was unearthed by British explorer Howard Carter and financier Lord Carnarvon in 1922.
Cazorla was a strategic border bastion between the Muslim empire and Christianity during the Reconquest in the Middle Age. It is overlooked by the Castle of Yedra (Castllo de la Yedra), originally a Muslim fortification and then conquered and expanded by the Christian feudal lords. Today, Cazorla is a scenic city that gives access to the impressive natural park of Sierra de Cazorla.
He was having some problems staying off the road. I had to rescue him 3 times. There was also magpies and crows nearby. He is resting on the roof of a birdhouse, probably for the evening. I will check on him in the morning.
to make me smile. Last weeks there was little sunshine here, it felt somehow like wearing sunglasses all day. So a little bit of bright light in the swamps of the Grosse Torfmoor put a smile on my face. Hille, Ostwestfalen, Germany
This weekend my hiking trip took me a few kilometers up River Weser than my home area in and around the pittoreske town of Rinteln. Similar to the previous two weeks the weather was mild, nature was green and no sign of Winter. Rinteln, Lower Saxony, Germany
Drawing with a Parker pen calligraphic nib, Cross black ink, on white paper. You can learn about this graffiti here: www.wikiwand.com/en/Kilroy_was_here#/In_popular_culture
Altadena, California
This was the first time I had seen and heard a Cheetah in real life-albeit at the zoo, and it was both mesmerising (the beauty) and surprising (the teeny tiny meow to come out of such a big cat!!).
I was out on the nearby meadows again this morning. The windy weather made taking macro shots almost impossible and the flying grass pollen caused a terrible hay fever attack. I returned home rather quickly but it was lovely to see that the thistles on the meadows are beginning to flower and I hope that they will soon attract some butterflies. For now only a hoverfly was interested in the first buds.
Taken while I was on the dock out into Lake Hancock at Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland, Florida. If you look carefully, there is a small fish in this osprey's right talon.
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If you'd like to see more of my images, go to schockenphotography.com. I have many more images of eagles and other raptors as well as owls, woodpeckers, hummingbirds, songbirds and mammals and I have a full section on birds in flight which is my specialty.
Airlie Beach liegt an der Ostküste Australiens im Bundesstaat Queensland zwischen Cairns und Brisbane.
My newest assignment was to go to Naturally Naughty Studios and create three boudoir photographs. All of them are to be different backgrounds or stages and different hair, clothing, makeup, etc.
I submit to you Part Three of the assignment.
Check out Part One here.
You can catch Part Two of the assignment here.
Thanks again to my Flickr Sensei for taking the time to give me tips and lessons to improve my Second Life photography skills.
This was taken last year at the Western Treatment Plant when the was an abundance of Black Kites in the area. This tree has 13 sitting on its branches.
It was getting close to sunset and needless to say I was pretty damn excited to see this. The most I have ever seen at once.
The Pantanal
Brazil
South America
The black skimmer was photographed resting on a sandbar along the Cuiaba River. There were about six of them there when this image was taken. Within minutes more skimmers were circling above getting ready to land.
The black skimmer (Rynchops niger) is a tern-like seabird, one of three very similar birds species in the skimmer family. It breeds in North and South America. Northern populations winter in the warmer waters of the Caribbean and the tropical and subtropical Pacific coasts, but the South American races make only shorter movements in response to annual floods which extend their feeding areas in the river shallows.
Skimmers have a light graceful flight, with steady beats of their long wings. They feed usually in large flocks, flying low over the water surface with the lower mandible skimming the water (in order of importance) for small fish, insects, crustaceans and molluscs caught by touch by day or especially at night.
The black skimmer breeds in loose groups on sandbanks and sandy beaches in the Americas, the three to seven heavily dark-blotched buff or bluish eggs being incubated by both the male and female. The chicks leave the nest as soon as they hatch and lie inconspicuously in the nest depression or "scrape" where they are shaded from high temperatures by the parents. They may dig their own depressions in the sand at times. Parents feed the young almost exclusively during the day with almost no feeding occurring at night, due to the entire population of adults sometimes departing the colony to forage.
Wisconsin Central was a friendly railroad to be around with a camera. I frequently wandered around the engine facility, as well as locomotive and car shop at North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin—or “Shops” as it was commonly called. Sometimes it was on an officially sanctioned tour, but many times it wasn’t, and I don’t ever recall being asked to leave. It probably didn’t hurt that I occasionally bought a WC sweatshirt out of the merchandise closet from one of the managers. The one thing I do remember is how dark and sooty it was inside most of the steam-era buildings, especially when using Kodachrome 64 and 200 to photograph interiors. I did what I could with the tools of the day.
On October 8, 1994, WC EMD GP30 No. 815, acquired from the merger with Fox River Valley railroad, is about to head into the roundhouse on the wheel track, equipped with a drop pit and wheel lathe. One track over, WC SW9 No. 1231 slumbers the day away.
....it was always burning since the world's been turning
I have reluctantly decided to withdraw from any commenting groups, as I am finding the repetitive pasting of a fixed comment some what lacking in my enjoyment of your images. I feel far more comfortable leaving a personal message, if and when I see an enjoyable image. I hope you all have preferred the spontaneous response. Many thanks to all the group admins for all their dedicated work and time, I have been flattered by your invites.....
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The history of Quaglietta begins when, to stop the Saracen incursions in the Sele Valley, it was decided to build 3 fortresses: Valva, Senerchia and Quaglietta, (which however at the time was called castrum Quallectae).
The first settlement was therefore a military fortress built on a rocky spur (284 m above sea level) to which a village was added over time.
The name has nothing to do with quails as many believe but with the ancient Latin name of the area or Acque electe which translates as pure water and refers to the richness and purity of the waters that flow in the area.
Although the town is closely linked to the municipalities of the Sele Valley belonging to the province of Salerno, it is part of the province of Avellino and is a fraction of the municipality of Calabritto.
The 1980 earthquake hit this town hard but it was renovated with great attention and today the ancient medieval village retains its ancient splendor and is a tourist attraction.
La storia di Quaglietta inizia quando per frenare le incursioni di saraceni nella Valle del Sele fu decisa la costruzione delle 3 fortezze: Valva, Senerchia e Quaglietta, (che però all'epoca si chiamava castrum Quallectae) .
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Il primo insediamento fu quindi una fortezza militare costruita su uno sperone roccioso (284 m sul livello del mare) a cui nel tempo si aggiunse un borgo.
Il nome non ha nulla a che fare con le quaglie come in molti credono ma con l'antico nome latino della zona ovvero Acque electe la cui traduzione è acqua pura e fa riferimento alla ricchezza e purezza delle acque che sgorgano in zona.
Pur essendo il paese strettamente legato ai comuni della Valle del Sele appartenenti alla provincia di Salerno fa parte della provincia di Avellino ed è una frazione del comune di Calabritto.
Il terremoto del 1980 ha colpito duramente questo paese che però è stato ristrutturato con grande attenzione e oggi l'antico borgo medievale conserva l'antico splendore ed è una attrazione turistica.
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Es finden sich 18 Steinlaternen verstreut im Garten, die bekannteste ist die "Kotoji-Laterne". Sie wurde mit ihrer auffallenden Zweibeinigkeit zum Symbol des Gartens. Kotoji ist eigentlich die Bezeichnung für den zweibeinigen Steg, wie er für jede einzelne Saite der Koto verwandt wird.
You see, the world was made of stone. There were stone mountains and stone valleys. At the very top of the stone mountain something came to life, and that life became known as Le-lu, First Woman, who walked down from that stone mountain with two babies clutched to her breast. As she walked, with every step she took the grass began to grow. And as she sat and as she touched the ground, the rivers began to flow. -- Esther Stutzman
These beautiful falls with a mundane name (Middle North Falls) can be found in Silver Falls State Park in Oregon. Silver Falls State Park boasts TEN stunning waterfalls along a very scenic loop hike. Every one of them is worth visiting, if your legs and lungs are up to the task. On this particular trip, my brother-in-law and I just made the short hike via the Winter Falls trailhead. Fall color was banging hard!
happy today.
then I accidentally watched the news.
**Could we please remember that there is still a war going on....do whatever you can to help Ukraine.
I was wandering along a path in a steep wooded hillside .... mainly oak, birch and hazel, all dripping with mosses and lichens and liverworts and wildflowers .... a magical place. The shots in this little series are of the river which was cascading down a gorge over beautiful boulders. The light was catching it, creating these patterns.
Dresden - "Friedensbrunnen"
Über dem Wasserspeier (s.Foto) installierte man
nach dem Grauen des 30-jährigen Krieg eine Darstellung der Friedensgöttin Eirene. -
Schon 30 Jahre später - nach dem Sieg über die Türken - wurde diese Statue wieder entfernt und ersetzt durch die Kriegsgöttin Bellona, die auf ihrem Sockel dort bis heute thront...!
Und wofür steht er nun, der Dresdner "Friedensbrunnen"?
Für Krieg? Für Frieden? Für beides...?
Eigentlich habe ich auf die AIDA Prima gewartet die ich hier im Sonnenuntergang fotografieren wollte. Als die Sonne hintern den Wolken verschwand kam sie 10 Minuten später vorbei. Mein timeming stimmte zu mindestens.
He was fast. Almost too fast. But why was he coming after her?
She had wandered away from the rest of the group to get in some target practice, ignoring the warning of her leader that there may be savages in the wood. This man appeared out of nowhere and now she was on the run.
All she needed was one good shot. . .
Oh-oh, oh, e-es kommt die Zeit, whoa-oh
In der das Wünschen wieder hilft
Es kommt die Zeit, whoa-oh
In der das Wünschen wieder hilft
Wünsch' dir was
I was surprised to see this common starling at Lake Meyer Park today. I can usually count the number of times I see a starling in the park on one hand during any given year. Although many people consider the common/European starling a nuisance, and I guess they can be in certain settings, I think they are a beautiful bird. This colorful starling is close to being in full breeding plumage already.