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The harvest mouse is the only British mammal to have a prehensile tail: it can use it like a fifth limb, holding on to grass stems with it.
The little mouse weighs about the same as a 2p coin, and she can walk over the spiky tease head without feeling pain
From above the cloud deck, the Deben feels like a boundary between two moods. Up here the light is clean and cold, the air looks almost weightless, and the winter sun turns the top of the cloud into a bright, billowing shoreline. Below, Woodbridge and the fields along the valley sit in shadow, softened and half-hidden, as if the town has been tucked under a blanket of quiet.
What catches the eye is the river itself. The River Deben winds through the darkness like a strip of polished metal, flaring white where it reflects the sun. In places you can sense the shape of the estuary—broadening and narrowing, with pale mudflats and sinuous channels that hint at the tide’s constant reworking of the landscape. Even when the land feels subdued, the water insists on being seen.
Woodbridge has always belonged to this river. It is a place shaped by tide and trade, by boats and shipwrights, by the steady practical rhythm of moving goods and people along a sheltered Suffolk waterway. Nearby, on higher ground above the Deben, Sutton Hoo holds its older story—an Anglo-Saxon burial from around the seventh century, uncovered in the 1930s, a reminder that this “quiet” landscape has carried power and meaning for a very long time. On the waterfront, the tide mill speaks to a different kind of ingenuity, drawing work and light from the sea’s pulse.
This is what winter can do: divide the world into layers. Above, a luminous calm. Below, the familiar grey that waits for you to return. Yet the river threads them together, a bright, living line that makes even the dark land look inhabited, held and quietly beautiful.
♫Massive Attack - Butterfly Caught♫
♫Weightless falls
Honeysuckle
Strangers
Strange this
Light from pages
Paper thin thing
Tempted by the naked eye♫
♫Pearly sunrise
Nearly worn
Kneeling like a supplicant♫
♫Darkened skin
Afraid to see
Radiates
Open lips
Keep smiling for me♫
♫Weightless cool
Honeysuckle
Fair skin
Freckles
Uncut teeth
Tranquil eyes
On my lips
(shhhhh)
On my lips
Under your feet♫
Life has a way of pulling us in countless directions—its rhythm often loud, relentless, and overwhelming. In the middle of this chaos, quiet moments become not just desirable, but essential, grounding us when everything else feels unsteady.
Meditation and stillness offer a sanctuary—a chance to retreat into silence and reconnect with ourselves. Even just a few minutes of quiet can soothe the mind, reduce stress, and spark fresh perspective. The beauty of meditation lies not in escaping the world, but in re-entering it with calm and focus.
Whether it's a quiet corner of your home, a bench in a sunlit park, or the meditative glow of a candlelit room, having a dedicated space for restoration creates a powerful invitation to pause. It reminds us that we have permission to step away, to breathe deeply, and to simply be.
In these moments, we’re reminded that renewal doesn’t have to be grand or elaborate—it thrives in simplicity. A quiet walk, the hum of nature, or the soft cadence of a cat’s purr can replenish us in ways that go beyond words. Taking time to renew isn’t a luxury; it’s an act of care that enables us to move through life with resilience, purpose, and a sense of presence.
Pic by Tonic
Black And White
I don’t need to go to California
I don’t wanna to see another sunset in LA
I used to need a getaway before ya
But now you’re here and I just wanna stay
I’m loving every part of it
I can say I’m confident
I’ve never felt this way
Now I’m feeling weightless
Five feet off of the pavement
Yeah you got me here
In the atmosphere
I’m finding I just wanna stay like this
Weightless
Thought I had it figured out until I saw you
But I was missing something till the day you came around
I was holding onto all those expectations
Till you put me in the clouds
I’m loving every part of it
I can say I’m confident
I’ve never felt this way
Now I’m feeling weightless
Five feet off of the pavement
Yeah you got me here
In the atmosphere
I’m finding I just wanna stay like this
Weightless
I don’t need to go to California
I don't miss that beach in LA
I got you here
I got you here
And I just wanna stay
Now I’m feeling weightless
Five feet off of the pavement
Yeah you got me here
In the atmosphere
I’m finding I just wanna stay like this
Weightless
it's hard at the end of the day
I need some distraction, oh beautiful release
Memories seep from my veins
They may be empty and weightless, and maybe
I'll find some peace tonight
It is always easy to say: "Stay calm when you've found something is going on."
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But actually it should be said .....
"Touch my mind and I will think of you ... touch my heart and I will never forget you." by unknown
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But actually it should not be said ...
"All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside, It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it." by Cat Stevens
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But actually it should be stated like the ocean ...Because: "The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble." by Blaise Pascal
Therefore,...."Time can bring you down, Time can bend your knees, Time can break your heart, Have you begging please, Begging please," by Eric Clapton
BUT:
"Spend all your time waiting, For that second chance, For a break that would make it okay, There’s always one reason, To feel not good enough, And it’s hard at the end of the day, I need some distraction, Oh beautiful release, Memory seeps from my veins, Let me be empty, And weightless and maybe, I’ll find some peace tonight" by Sarah Mclachlan
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Conclusion: "I will be the answer, At the end of the line, I will be there for you, While you take the time
In the burning of uncertainty, I will be your solid ground, I will hold the balance, If you can't look down,
If it takes my whole life, I won't break, I won't bend, It will all be worth it, Worth it in the end, Cause I can only tell you what I know, That I need you in my life, When the stars have all gone out, You'll still be burning so bright, Cast me gently, Into morning, For the night has been unkind, Take me to a
Place so holy, That I can wash this from my mind, The memory of choosing not to fight" by Sarah Mclachlan
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caught in the soft flood of daylight, a fleeting silhouette drifts beneath the painted eye of the street. the scene is weightless, dissolving at the edges, like memory losing its focus. still, the gaze remains — sharp, silent, unrelenting.
ESA-sponsored medical doctor Nick Smith snapped this photo of the storage containers at Concordia research station in Antarctica shortly before sunset, 8 April 2021. The dark blue line at the horizon is the shadow of the Earth.
The containers store food, recycling and the scientific samples of blood, saliva, and stool that Nick routinely takes. The units on the right are part of the summer camp, during which researchers sleep in tents.
Science for the benefit of space exploration does not only happen off planet. While some studies require the weightless isolation of the International Space Station, Antarctica also provides the right conditions for investigating the consequences of spaceflight, and it is a little easier to access than space.
Part of the 17th crew to spend an entire year at one of the most remote bases in the world, Nick and 11 other crew members have taken up the adventurous challenge in the backdrop of a pandemic to continue important research that is furthering space exploration.
Located at the mountain plateau called Dome C, Concordia is a collaboration between the French Polar Institute and the Italian Antarctic programme, and is one of only three bases that is inhabited all year long.
As well as offering around nine months of complete isolation, Concordia’s location at 3233 m altitude means the crew experience chronic hypobaric hypoxia – lack of oxygen in the brain.
During the Antarctic winter, the crew of up to 15 people also endure four months of complete darkness: the sun disappears from May and is not seen again until late August.
Temperatures can drop to –80°C in the winter, with a yearly average of –50°C. The temperature at the time of this image was -65°C, with wind chill at about -80°C. To put this cold into perspective, it was so cold that the camera battery died within ten minutes.
As a station set in Earth’s harshest space, Concordia is an ideal stand-in for studying the human psychological and physiological effects of extreme cold, isolation and darkness. For the rest of the year, Nick is poking and prodding the crew for samples to study changes in mood, immune systems, blood cells, and gut health.
Follow his adventures on the Chronicles from Concordia blog.
Credits: ESA/IPEV/PNRA–N. Smith
Schwerelos... Remember all those little aspiring ballerinas who wish to defy the spirit of gravity.
Flick Friday
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Down to the earth I fell
With dripping wings
Heavy things won't fly
And the sky might catch on fire
And burn the axis of the world
That's why I prefer a sunless sky
To the glittering and stinging in my eyes
I feel so light
This is all I want to feel tonight
I feel so light
Tonight and the rest of my life
Gleaming in the dark sea
I'm as light as air
Floating there breathlessly
When the dream dissolves
I open up my eyes
I realize that
Everything is shoreless sea
A weightlessness is passing over me
Everything is waves and stars
The universe is resting in my arms
This young bull was having a blast playing in the water... It was probably warmer in the water than out, plus the sensation of weightlessness must be a relief..
The photo captures a dramatic upward view of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, its stainless-steel curve slicing through a sharp blue sky streaked with thin clouds. Seen from below, the monument feels almost weightless, even though it anchors the skyline with unmistakable presence. The surrounding downtown buildings sit low on the horizon, emphasizing how the Arch towers above everything else.
Completed in 1965, the Gateway Arch was designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen after winning a national competition. Its form looks simple, but the engineering behind the 192-meter structure pushed the limits of the time. Each leg is a hollow triangular tube, and precision had to be extreme: when both sides met at the top, the allowable error was just a fraction of an inch.
Historically, the Arch commemorates St. Louis’s role as the “Gateway to the West,” marking the starting point for 19th-century expeditions that expanded the United States beyond the Mississippi River. It stands as the centerpiece of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, connecting modern visitors with the era of exploration, migration, and the vast reshaping of the American frontier.
Today the Arch is both a symbol and an experience. Its mirrored surface shifts with the light, turning the monument into a changing sculpture against the sky. Inside, a small tram system climbs to an observation room at the crown, where narrow windows offer a view over the Mississippi and the city. The result is a structure that functions as architecture, history, and icon all at once.
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A menhaden experiences a brief moment of weightlessness before its rendezvous with the gullet of a Snowy Egret on Horsepen Bayou.
Sainte-Chapelle is relatively small compared to the grand cathedrals of Notre-Dame de Paris, Chartres and Amiens. But what it lacks in size it more than makes up for in jaw-dropping beauty and elegance. Supported by slender pillars, the high vaulted ceiling seems to float weightlessly above the magnificent stained glass windows which take up almost all of the upper wall space. The overall effect is that of a breathtaking experience of light, colour and transcendence of spirit.
Amazingly, the chapel was built in only seven or eight years. Work began in 1240 or 1241 and was completed by April of 1248. The rose window in the western wall was added in the following century. Significantly, almost two thirds of the stained glass is original.
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“Let us go where skins are rainbows
Enhanced by every hue.
Where genders are clouds
Weightless and formless through.
Let us go where creeds are stars
That illuminate our view.
Where men and women are one
And the in-between are true.
Let us go where I am free to love
For I cannot unlove you.”
― Kamand Kojouri
"Was it a vision, or a waking dream?
Fled is that music:—do I wake or sleep?"
- Keats
I have a new write-up on my blog about the square crop.
I think I'll be around a little bit more now :-D I have really been into floating/levitation images, I think I might play around with a couple more today. Only problem is finding a space to do it in! Must venture outside...
Thank you all for your kind wishes about starting my new career...just the push I needed to get out there and go for it.
Whispered Elegance, Untamed Desire
by small fashion
Draped in a wisp of satin and lace, I am the very embodiment of temptation—coquettish yet commanding, like the lingerie-clad sirens of the Belle Époque, who knew that the art of seduction lay in the delicate balance of what is revealed and what remains a mystery.
This nuisette lace mini caresses my skin with the weightless luxury of a 1920s flapper’s silk slip, yet clings to my curves like a whispered promise, reminiscent of the scandalous 18th-century chemise à la reine, which dared to liberate the female form. The delicate lace tracing the neckline—so reminiscent of Madame de Pompadour’s boudoir indulgences—flirts with the possibility of being undone, of slipping off my shoulders with a lover’s touch.
But this is more than just a vintage reverie—it is the future of sensuality. Crafted in original mesh, this piece sculpts itself to my body like a second skin, ensuring a flawless fit across a variety of shapes and forms. The fully functional HUD puts complete customization at my fingertips, allowing me to slip into a palette of desire—from sultry reds and deep blacks to soft blushes and cool pastels.
The added choice between Blinn Phong for a matte, understated elegance and PBR shine for a luminous, light-catching effect gives me the power to shift between soft seduction and bold, high-gloss allure.
This nuisette is meticulously designed to embrace the most exquisite mesh bodies, including:
Larax
PetiteX
Legacy
Perky
Bombshell
Reborn
Waifu
Every delicate curve, every languid stretch is enhanced, never constrained. The fabric moves with me, just as the most skilled maîtres couturiers once tailored Parisian gowns to the bodies of their muses. Whether lounging in decadent repose or slipping into the night with an air of untouchable mystery, this piece ensures I am the very essence of romance and desire.
And as I stretch out, wrapped in satin and lace, my kitten’s presence is undeniable—soft, eager, and demanding attention. It longs to be stroked, adored, utterly worshipped. Will you be the one to tame it… or will you let it play?
Tonight, I wear small’s nuisette—and with every step, every glance, I write a new chapter in the history of desire.
What will you do when I let the lace slip just a little more?
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I don't like the result. Far too pink. And an annoying background.
I hope next time it'll be better.
You have a brand new home now
But it’s so poorly built
Every time the wind blows, the walls and floors shake
And you think you’ll lose your balance completely
You have a brand new home
But the walls are not soundproof
You hear every scuttle and skitter
Each whistling moan
You have a brand new home
And you’re trying to feel excited
That weightlessness that comes
From being open to change
But all you can think of
Is you can’t quite remember
Why you ever left your old home
You aren’t floating. You’re trapped!
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with you, I flourish into greatness,
extend my arms into a misty light,
making my future path seem weightless...
the glass wall is a membrane between time. behind it, the fossil of a giant, frozen in eternity. in front of it, shadows passing by, flickering, almost weightless. the words glow, but they are not meant for the living. the city moves on in the background, indifferent, unbothered. somewhere, a bus pulls away. somewhere, a child yawns.
Hagia Sophia's dome seems rendered weightless by the unbroken arcade of arched windows under it, which help flood the colourful interior with light. The dome is carried on pendentives—four concave triangular sections of masonry which solve the problem of setting the circular base of a dome on a rectangular base. At Hagia Sophia the weight of the dome passes through the pendentives to four massive piers at the corners. Between them the dome seems to float upon four great arches.
At the western (entrance) and eastern (liturgical) ends, the arched openings are extended by half domes carried on smaller semidomed exedras. Thus a hierarchy of dome-headed elements builds up to create a vast oblong interior crowned by the main dome, a sequence unexampled in antiquity.
The structure has been severely damaged several times by earthquakes. The dome collapsed after an earthquake in 558; its replacement fell in 563. There were additional partial collapses in 989 after which an Armenian architect named Trdat was commissioned to repair the damage and again 1346. In the era of Süleyman the Magnificent, Mimar Sinan (Sinan the Architect) built extra attachments to prevent it from collapsing.
All interior surfaces are sheathed with polychrome marbles, green and white with purple porphyry and gold mosaics, encrusted upon the brick. On the exterior, simple stuccoed walls reveal the clarity of massed vaults and domes. (Wikipedia)
ESA organises regular rocket launches together with the Swedish Space Corporation from northern Sweden in Esrange, Kiruna. The 13th Maser campaign saw experiments being carried 270 km up for six minutes of weightlessness.
Experiments in the November flight included looking at how gravity-sensing genes behave in plants, growing metallic crystals and X-raying them as they solidify, and observing chemical reactions with lasers – all in microgravity.
The launch site 145 km north of the Arctic Circle offers amazing views of the Northern lights. Auroras occur when particle radiation from the Sun is channelled by Earth’s magnetic field into the polar regions and hits Earth’s upper atmosphere, making it glow in a greenish-blue light.
ESA payload system engineer Neil Melville took this picture between preparing the experiments and the launch.
Neil explains: “Sounding rockets offer a unique way for researchers around Europe to experiment in weightlessness, complementing ESA’s range of microgravity facilities, from drop towers and aircraft flights to the International Space Station.
“The Esrange facility and surroundings offer many wonderful views. I was taking photos for a timelapse video of the aurora and by complete chance a very bright meteor from the Taurid shower was caught in this frame. It left a very rare ‘persistent train’, meaning that the trail of ionised air was visible for several minutes.”
The tower with red lights on the horizon is part of Esrange’s meteorology station that monitors the weather for launches.
Credit: N. Melville CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
through the lens, the lines blur between sky and architecture. here, at hudson yards, new york's vessel stands as a shimmering labyrinth of reflections and stories. the mirrored panels fragment reality, pulling the clouds down into the city’s heart while skyscrapers loom like guardians of an urban dreamscape. this frame holds a paradox: something massive, yet weightless; a place where the infinite sky touches the human-made grid. it’s not just a view, it’s an invitation to reflect—literally and figuratively.
i lean against the wind, pretend that i am weightless
and in this moment, i am happy. HAPPY.
- wish you were here; incubus
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+ i beat David Blaine and Cris Angel at levitation, yes? lol.
This image of the Moon was taken by amateur photographer Dylan O’Donnell as the International Space Station passed by at 28 800 km/h. At such speeds the weightless research laboratory was visible for only about a third of a second before returning to the dark skies.
Credit: Public domain- Dylan O'Donnell
Música (abrir en nueva pestaña) / Music (Open link in new tab): Mike Oldfield - Weightless.
Una vista más de los campos manchegos situados en los límites entre Pétrola y Corral Rubio (Albacete), con sus característicos colores propios de la incipiente primavera. Los dos caballones del bancal, con esas dos claras visuales líneas que marcan merced a la rasante luz de última hora de la tarde, practicamente, me dictaron la composición ;-)
-English:
Another view of the countryfield of La Mancha, located between Pétrola and Corral Rubio (Albacete, Spain), with its characteristic early spring colours. Both ridges, combined with the low late afternoon light, gave rise to two well defined leading lines that generously dictated to me the composition ;-)
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